The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-19
ORIGIN OF PROVERBS.
The Sources From Which Some of the Most
Frequently Quoted Are Derived.


The following are from the Bible:
There is death in the pot. -
Kings, iv. 40.
Lovely and pleasant in their lives,
and in death they were not divided, :"
is spoken of Saul and Jonathan.-2
Samuel, i. %.
"a man after his own heart. ~
Samuel, xiii. IA.
The apple of his eye. "-Deuter-
onOmy, xix. q.
"a still small voice. II Kings,
xix. u.
Escaped with the skin of my teeth"
job, xix. 20.
Spreading himself like green bay
tree. Psalms, xxxvii. 35.
Heap Goals of fire upon his head" -
Proverbs. XIV. %.
"Richcs certainly make themselves
wings" not take, as often quoted
Proverbs, xiii. ).
mo new thing under the sum-
Ecclesiastics, j. 2.
''Of making books there is no end"
-Ecclesiastics, xii. II.
Peace, peace when there is no
peace" made famous and popular by
Patrick Henry, is from Jeremiah, viii. 2.
There are many more from the sacred
writings which IF ye search We shall
find"
The popular quotations from Shaks-
peare are numerous. One or two,
often misquoted, will suffice:
''All that glistens is not gold. "-Mer-
chant of Venice. Generally quoted:
''All is not gold that glitters.''
Screw your courage to the sticking
place (not poinD.-Macbeth.
Hang out your banners on the out
ward (not outer) walls. Macbeth.
keep the word of promise to our
(not the) ear, and break it to our hope"
Macbeth.
Thu old authors are rich in quota
tons, such rs the following:
1T is an ill wind turns none to good"
is by Thomas Tasser, 1888, though
often quoted, 1T is an ill wind blows
no one any good"
christmas comes but once a year,
is by the same author, and Look ere
you leap" by the same, from which
Hudibras took his Look before YOU
ere you leap;" but often quoted Look
before you leap"
'Out of mind as soon as out of sight
is by Lord Brooke, though usually
quoted Out of sight, out of mind"
Here are few from Milton:
What though the field be lost, all is
not lost"
awake! arise! OF be forever fallen"
Necessity the tyrant's plea"
That old man eloquent
peace hath her victories"
Roger L'Estrange wrote: Though
this may be play to you, It's death to
u.s."
Hudibras is full of quotations:
IAN cry and no wool, not little wool,
as usually quoted.
Count your chickens ere (not beforel
they're Matched. "
Through thick and thin" is from
Dryden.
when Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug of war;" is a usual quotation.
1t should be, when Greeks Joined
Greeks then was the tug of war, and is
from Nat Lees Rival Queens"
''Of two evils have chose the least"
is from Prior.
LAS clear as whistle" is by Byron
not Lord Byron of this century, but of
1853.
Goldsmith has ASK me no questions
and I'll tell you no fibs" (not lies).
His Gods image cut in ebony"
Thomas Fuller.
Wise and mastery inactivity" by
Macintosh in 1871, is generally attrib-
uted to Randolph.
First in war, first in peace and first
in the hearts of his fellow-citizens"
(not countrymen), was incorporated
into the resolutions presented to the
House of Representatives December,
1899, by General Henry Lee.
millions for defense but not one
cent for tribute" was by Charles c.
Pinckney.-Chicago Journal.